Quantitative temperature records of mid Cretaceous hothouse Evidence from halite fluid inclusions》.pdf

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 437 (2015) 33–41 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology journal homepage: /locate/palaeo Quantitative temperature records of mid Cretaceous hothouse: Evidence from halite fluid inclusions Hua Zhang a,b,⁎, Chenglin Liu a, Yanjun Zhao a, Steffen Mischke c, Xiaomin Fang d, Ting Ding e a MLR Key Laboratory of Metallogeny and Mineral Assessment, Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100037, China b Department of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstr, 74-100, 12249 Berlin, Germany c Faculty of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7, Askja, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland d Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China e China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Quantitative temperature reconstructions for the mid Cretaceous are still rare although its typical greenhouse cli- Received 2 April 2015 mate is regarded as one of the best analogues for future global warming. For the first time, mid Cretaceous tem- Received in revised form 9 July 2015 peratures were quantitatively reconstructed based on homogenization temperatures (Th) of halite fluid Accepted 14 July 2015 inclusions from the Lower Member of the Nong Bok Formation in the Thakhek mining area, Laos. Petrological fea- Available online 26 July 2015